NEW ROSE records was THE french label of the eighties. Created by Patrick Mathé
and Louis Thevenon, New Rose had some 10 years (1981/1992) of magnificience and worldwide fame. It was one of the
worldwide most important independant label.
Among new bands and french bands, Patrick Mathé also re-discovered or gave a new opportunity to many of
legends of Rock'n'Roll (Willie Alexander, Alex Chilton, Sky Saxon, Roky Erickson,...). It was sometimes like a
big family (just see the "Play New Rose for Me" compilation to see what I mean).

The parisian New Rose record shop was also really the center of the then independent
scene (while others labels -some distributed by New Rose- filled the same role in other towns in France). [photos available through the Misc.page]

In 1992, the label had been sold to the FNAC (actually Fnac Music), but, due to
Fnac -most enormous european chain & distributor- reorganisation and business goals, New Rose disappeared early
in 1994; and Patrick Mathé initiated another label : Last Call records -with the initial New Rose records
spirit, still successfull, issuing -among others- some of the bands already with New Rose records.